New Build - SE Houston Area - Adding Salt too soon to Pool
- Thread starter Mbb04
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Wildkarrde21
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- Jun 6, 2020
- 39
- Pool Size
- 17400
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
I'm jealous! We also chose Philadelphia for our decking and we've had 8 pallets of them just sitting at our house for weeks now waiting on the backyard to drain before they can come put the concrete down. Tired of the muddy swampy mess!
Me too
I have 14 pallets of defective/low quality and wrong size travertine sitting for 4 weeks waiting for replacement . Supply chain issues - shortage of 16*24 pavers . It’s marked as premium but looks even lower than commercial grade . Every paver I received had big pits , edges broken and some look like spongeAttachments
Oh my goodness. That looks really bad. I'm glad you are getting a replacement. (For Texasresident, your pool build is too beautiful for that quality of paver.)
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Vendor is saying travertine comes from Turkey . pandemic labor shortages along with exponential demand for natural stones is causing significant delays and quality issues .. sad thing is he doesn’t even have timeline when it will be available .
If it doesn’t come in next couple weeks maybe I will look into alternatives - porcelain or marble
Wildkarrde21
Active member
- Jun 6, 2020
- 39
- Pool Size
- 17400
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-40
Now you're making me nervous, I haven't even looked through the tiles in the pallets. They were ordered at the end of last year and came in early January but other than a cursory look to see that it was indeed the right travertine I haven't examined them that closely (having to traverse the mud bog of my backyard to get to them hasn't helped either).
Hopefully yours will be fine
. As with any natural stone some pits , variation and texture is expected . I think my particular batch of tiles is messed up . My neighbours from same store look fine .
. As with any natural stone some pits , variation and texture is expected . I think my particular batch of tiles is messed up . My neighbours from same store look fine .Yea the yard had been a mess and they were supposed to do final cleanup and regrade the yard next week but it looks like rain most of the week so just more mess for awhile
Oh my that’s not good. What brand is that?Me too
You should check our QDI. I believe they have offices in Dallas. Quality looks good and they had a lot in stock.
It was through Noble tiles . I have to go through my builder - my builder doesn’t buy from QDI or MSI . Also as this will be replacement have to stick with noble store
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The PB installed the SWG today along with the controller and I was just curious if it made a difference whether or not the SWG should be installed before the first 30 days of running the pool. Planning to plater and fill next week. Obviously there is no salt and I’ll be doing chlorine pucks for the first 30 days.
- Jul 21, 2013
- 52,452
- Pool Size
- 35000
- Surface
- Plaster
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Pentair Intellichlor IC-60
SWG can be installed whenever.
www.troublefreepool.com
When Should Salt be Added? In our industry, there seems to be some consensus to wait 30 days before adding salt to new plaster pools, yet some say it is okay to add salt within a couple of days of filling the pool. Who is right? This thread describes why it appears that the recommendation to wait 30 days before adding any salt is appropriate for most plaster pools, including quartz and pebble pools
Plaster Installation and Maintenance - Further Reading
www.troublefreepool.com
When Should Salt be Added? In our industry, there seems to be some consensus to wait 30 days before adding salt to new plaster pools, yet some say it is okay to add salt within a couple of days of filling the pool. Who is right? This thread describes why it appears that the recommendation to wait 30 days before adding any salt is appropriate for most plaster pools, including quartz and pebble pools
Thank you. Thought that was the case but just second guessing myselfSWG can be installed whenever.
Plaster Installation and Maintenance - Further Reading
When Should Salt be Added? In our industry, there seems to be some consensus to wait 30 days before adding salt to new plaster pools, yet some say it is okay to add salt within a couple of days of filling the pool. Who is right? This thread describes why it appears that the recommendation to wait 30 days before adding any salt is appropriate for most plaster pools, including quartz and pebble pools
Just know the water/pool will take a couple/few days to show what it's true color is. There might even be some extra green to it. NO worries.